Category: Education Reforms

Betsy DeVos is among the few politicians who are committed to bringing change in both the political and education sectors of the United States. The business leaders have achieved several milestones in her quest to ensure that the American children benefit from a modern education system. Through her family foundation, The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation, she has managed to help countless students land a chance to advance their studies in reputable institutions. Because Betsy DeVos knows that philanthropy is her calling, she has ensured that she has a voice in the political space so that she can have enough power to bring change. In 2015, her charity singlehandedly raised over $11.6 million that was channeled to various programs that want to make the American society more cohesive. Betsy’s family has managed to position itself strategically in the American politics. At the moment, Betsy serves the Trump government as the cabinet secretary for education.

Before she got the plum post of cabinet secretary in the Trump administration, Betsy had already made a name for herself in the political circles. She was a committed activist who was only interested in the welfare of educators and children in the American school system. Her fondness for charity work has enabled her to push for the agenda of charter institutions and choice schools. The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation bankroll organizations such as the Success Academy Charter Schools and the Potter’s House Schools. These facilities provide an exemplary model of how choice schools can bring change to the society. According to the cabinet secretary, the problems in the American School System are heightened by its dependence on old ideas. The only way such challenges can be solved is by championing a new educational era that listens to what students want more than what educators wish for them.

Betsy’s extensive work in the education sector stretch beyond charter schools, through her family foundation she has carried out programs in the medical industry too. Some of the donations done by the organization have gone a long way in facilitating research in medicine. Her background in the Catholic Church inspires her support for Christian missions and schools of art. In under five years, the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation have managed to lock in over $100 million that has been directed to some charities that are working to make the society better.

Some of the early measures that Betsy DeVos has undertaken in her role as the Cabinet Secretary for Education include personal visits to various institutions across the United States to familiarize herself with the prevailing conditions in schools. These reconnaissance visits help the cabinet secretary in coming up with the most efficient reforms in the school system.